US 12,021,577 B1
Serial communication link driver circuit with switchable shunt circuit
Yudong Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Sanjeev K. Maheshwari, Fremont, CA (US); and Charles L. Wang, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/063,434.
Int. Cl. H04B 3/02 (2006.01); H03K 17/687 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 3/02 (2013.01) [H03K 17/6874 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a first plurality of driver circuits configured to generate, on a first signal line included in a communication bus and based on a plurality of bits, a first subset of a plurality of voltage levels;
a second plurality of driver circuits configured to generate on a second signal line included in the communication bus and based on the plurality of bits, a second subset of the plurality of voltage levels, wherein a data symbol based on respective values of the plurality of bits is encoded using respective voltage levels of the first signal line and the second signal line; and
a shunt circuit configured to couple the first signal line to the second signal line in response to a determination that a subset of the plurality of bits matches a particular pattern.